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GSA, LEED, USGBC, and Politics

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Is there no better way for GSA to meet sustainability requirement than via LEED? The recently released sustainability and energy “scorecard” by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) demonstrates just how successful GSA has been at reducing costs, improving efficiency and eliminating waste. Ackerstein Sustainability LLC.

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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Navy Federal Credit Union, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Deutsche Bank. One of BNE’s most recent success stories is Sentient Science, an Idaho-based software and sensor company that opened an advanced manufacturing, material genome and cutting-edge computational testing laboratory in Buffalo last year. million in capital investment.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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They have to pitch in and get involved because they all realize that we won’t have sustainable economic growth if housing is too expensive here.”. Evolving Sustainability . His passion for seeing local home builders succeed and sustain is part of the DNA that drives his company. BamCore: Bamboo As a Lumber Substitute?

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State by State Incentives Guide

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. Many small businesses that are not able to receive traditional bank financing can get support through CEF. CALIFORNIA – updated for 2014.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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CAPCO financing, an alternative to conventional bank financing, can accommodate a slightly higher risk profile and provide a more flexible structure for growing businesses. The COMMERCIAL FISHING AND AGRICULTURE BANK provides loans to fishing, tourism, natural resources and agriculture-based projects.

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